Kimi no Shiawase wo Negatteita 3 (I Wish You Happiness 3)

Part 7

"Wakaba, your heat is out of order again."

That was the first thing Raizo-san said when he entered the room.

The last time I saw Raizo-san was after I was hit by Ren's pheromones and had a heat attack.

I fooled him and said that I had been to the hospital that time, but that might not be the case this time. Raizo-san is overprotective when it comes to me, he might say he'll check me again. I had to come up with some excuse to cover it up.

"Yeah, he's still a little unstable. But it has calmed down a lot."

"Wasn't that kid with you before?"

My heart jumped. I turned my back to him and replied, pretending nothing was wrong as I walked to the kitchen and prepared to make coffee. If he saw my face now, he would know I was upset.

"Yes, that's right. It just a coincidence."

I felt Raizo-san's gaze painfully on my back. The hand that holds the cup is almost shaking with nervousness. The more I think about it, the more unnatural my movement is.

"Is that really the case?"

My heart thumped loudly, and I wondered what he meant by that. Is it just a question, or has he sensed something? My hand trembled as I held the cup, trying not to make a sound, but my trembling hand hit the saucer and made a small clinking sound.

"It's possible for anyone to start their heat when they're with an alpha male. But if you've been in the same room with the same alpha twice, and the heat happened in both of them, is that something that can be chalked up to coincidence?"

Oh, no. Raizo-san is speaking with certainty. Raizo-san has noticed something after meeting Ren only twice.

"I did some research and found out that there are several reasons why Omega's estrus is disrupted. The first is stress and mental strain. This often delays or stops the heat cycle. This is not consistent with the symptoms of Wakaba.

The second is a lack of sexual maturity as an omega. This is characterised by sudden and unsteady heat. This is a symptom that varies from person to person, but mainly occurs in omegas up to their late teens. Your heats should have been in a regular cycle by the time they entered college, right? That means that Wakaba's sexuality as an Omega is maturing. This also doesn't apply to Wakaba's symptoms.

The rest could be side effects of medication, illness, or any number of other things. Wakaba's physical exam results, which your mother sends me to check every year, show no illnesses or medications that could cause her heat cycle to be disrupted."

No, please don't tell me any more. Don't expose my selfishness.

"I know exactly what Wakaba's symptoms are, because that's what Kanade had. When we met again, Kanade suddenly started her heat. She reacted to my pheromone, the soulmate's. So, until I bit the nape of her neck, Kanade took a suppressant whenever she met me.

However, in the face of the pheromones of a soulmate, the inhibitors were not a perfect solution. This is because the drug is not as effective as normal heat. The pheromones that soulmates are attracted to have such a strong effect on them. Hey, Wakaba. Don't you think it's similar to your symptoms? The last time Wakaba said that your heat was disturbed, you were out with that guy. Isn't the reason why your heat is disturbed is because that man is Wakaba's soulmate?"

"......"

That's right, Raizo-san had a medical license. He's not a doctor, he's a researcher.

He told me once that he got his medical license to do research on inhibitors to reduce the burden of Kanade's heavy heats. It was impossible for me to keep this from Raizo-san, who was involved in Omega's heat research.